Maria plans to fill pots in her garden with soil and plant food. maria has 8 1/2 quarts of soil as 1 1/2 quarts of plant food. each pot requires 3/4 quart of soil. for how many pots does maria have enough soil?

1. You have the following information:

 - Maria has 8 1/2 quarts of soil.
 - Each pot requires 3/4 quart of soil.

 2. Keeping this on mind, you can convert the mixed number 8 1/2 and the fracion 3/4 to decimals, as below: 

 8 1/2=8.5 quarts
 3/4=0.75 quarts

 3. Therefore, you have:

 1 pot0.75 quarts
       x8.5 quarts

 x=(8.5x1)/0.75
 x=11 pots

 For how many pots does Maria have enough soil?

 The answer is: 11 pots
 
 
 

The answer is $9.90 with rounding to the nearest tenth